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Date
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Topic
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Reading
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W
e e k 1
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Mtg1 1
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Overview, Syllabus, JGrasp, Compiler errors
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Eck 1.1 – 1.4
L&L 1.1 – 1.5
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Mtg1 2
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Method call, String Literals, Outputting a value,
Introduce lab 1
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L&L 2.1
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Mtg2 1
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Variables, Primitive types and literals, Assignment
statement, Inputting a value, Expressions
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Eck 2.1, 2.2
Eck 2.3.1: both ‘subroutines’ and ‘functions’ are called
‘methods’
· a
‘subroutine’ is a method that does not return a value
· a
‘function’ is a method that does return a value
Eck 2.4.1:
· We
will use the TextIO class to input values from the user.
L&L 2.2-2.4, 2.6
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Mtg2 2
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Expression evaluation,
Get familiar with submitting a lab.
Lab 1 help.
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W
e e k 2
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Mtg1 2
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MLK holiday
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Mtg1 2
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MLK holiday
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Mtg2 1
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if statements, compound statements,
the debugger
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Eck 3.1, 3.2
L&L pp. 201 – mid 217
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Mtg2 2
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Nested ifs,
Introduce lab 2
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Eck 3.5
L&L pp mid 218 – mid 220
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W
e e k 3
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Mtg1 1
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while loops:
loops with counters,
indefinite loops,
infinite loops
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Eck 3.3 – note 3.3.3 talks about break and continue,
which are non-structured control flow statements.
L&L pp. 227 – 233
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Mtg1 2
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loops with multiple exit conditions,
Nested loops
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Eck 3.4 – note this chapter introduces ‘for’ loops, but
is the only place Eck talks about nested loops
L&L pp. 201 – 206 (repeat of some of last week’s
reading)
L&L pp. 234 – mid 237
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Mtg2 1
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method declarations
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Eck 4.1, 4.2
L&L pp. 166 – 167
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Mtg2 2
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Introduce lab 3
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W
e e k 4
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Mtg1 1
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method return values
method parameters
method calls
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Eck 4.4, 4.3.1 – 4.3.3
L&L pp. 167 – 170
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Mtg1 2
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Introduce lab 4
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Mtg2 1
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Exam 1
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notes/Exam1StudyGuide.htm
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Mtg2 2
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Exam 1
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W
e e k 5
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Local data
Variable scope
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Eck 4.3.4, 4.3.6, 4.7.1, 4.7.3
L&L p. 170
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Math class
primitive types
API
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Eck 4.5.1-3 (4.5.4 is cool, but won’t be covered)
L&L pp. bot 73 – bot 75, 3.3, 3.5
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Mtg2 1
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automatic promotion of integers
floating point equality
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L&L 2.5, 220-221
http://cs.sou.edu/~nordquip/cs256/notes/Week05_Notes02.htm
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Mtg2 2
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Lab 5
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W
e e k 6
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Mtg1 1
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boolean variables
logical operators operator precedence
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L&L bot 78 – 82 (operator precedence)
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Mtg1 2
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Characters
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Eck 2.2.2
L&L pp. bot. 75 – 77
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Mtg2 2
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Exam 2
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notes/Exam2StudyGuide.htm
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Mtg2 2
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Lab 6
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W
e e k 7
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Mtg1 1
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Mtg1 2
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Strings,
character escape sequences,
Concatenation,
conversion of values of primitive types to Strings
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L&L 2.1, 3.2
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Mtg2 1
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Defining your own class
Creating instances of a class
calling instance methods
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Eck 5.1.1, 5.1.3
L&L 3.1, 4.1, 4.2
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Mtg2 2
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Lab 7
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W
e e k 8
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Mtg1 1
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Creating objects with java code
Constructors
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Eck 5.1.2 , 5.2
L&L 4.4, 3.1 (pointers)
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Mtg1 2
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More Practice creating objects and using constructors
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Mtg2 1
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Exam 3
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notes/Exam3StudyGuide.htm
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Mtg2 1
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Practice calling methods that objects provide.
String methods
Random
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Eck 5.3
L&L pp. mid 245 – mid 249, 83 – top 84, section 5.4
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Mtg2 2
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W
e e k 9
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Mtg1 1
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Arrays
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Eck 7.1
L&L 7.1, 7.2 (through mid 380)
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Mtg1 2
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Walking /
Searching arrays
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Mtg2 1
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Arrays of Objects
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Mtg2 2
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W
e e k 1 0
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Mtg1 1
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Sorting
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Eck 7.1
L&L 7.1, 7.2 (through mid 380)
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Mtg1 2
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TBD
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Mtg2 1
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Exam 4
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notes/Exam4StudyGuide.htm
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Mtg2 2
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